Have you seen a engine throw a piston?
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I seen rods tossed out(almost took my foot off) but not a piston ejected out like that. I have heard of that happening before on marine engines when the props cavitate and engine over speeds.
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i have had that happen. we have an international 966 tractor, and it spun a bearing, and got a little hot. it blew chunks of block and piston over 25 feet. its a good thing no one was standing next to it.
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Cargo Master
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Somewhere on youtube(can't find it now) I seen a video of a tractor puller blowing a engine cylinder bank off the crank bed and runs over it. Just con rods and pistons and crank was sitting there.
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